Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep

What elements of Do androids dream of electric sheep
translate well into film.

The book Do Androids dream of
electric sheep is the sort of science fiction story that has several
elements which can be put into film. One element of this book that goes well
into film is the setting in particular the infrastructure. It is set in the
futuristic Los Angles it is a place with big tall skyscrapers and virtual
cities inside buildings this can be seen on the front cover of the book. The
concept of having towns inside huge buildings has been used before in many
Science fiction films. The most notable of which I Believe is 2001 a space
odessy. Although it is not a huge part of the film early in the movie we see
a shot of a space station orbiting the earth in this space station there is
a type futuristic city. This was a revolutionary idea in its time. Although
the two cities are completely different it is the concept of having cities
inside these futuristic worlds which always translates well into film.
Another classic example is the death star in the Star Wars trilogy. There
are many other elements of the futuristic cities, which translate well into
film things such as flying cars which were used in the film blade
runner.

There is an important question that is asked in this book that
works well on film. That is that this book questions reality it asks us the
question how do we know what is real and what is not. On the screen this
sort deep moral question has the capicity to catch the audiences attention
and keep them interested. An example of this is 2001 a space odessy.In
this movie our view on what reality is is questioned. Another film, which
demonstrates this well but in another way, is the Matrix. The plot is very
deep this usually means that people either like the film or hate it. This
has been the case with some of the most acclaimed films of our time. So if
Do Androids dream of electric sheep is in any way similar to films such as
2001 and the Matrix it would a matter of personal opinion as to weather it
translates well into film.

The idea of the character Rick Deckard
translates well into film. Rick Deckard has the image of the typical cop who
is the best at what he does but he has had enough and he agrees to come back
to do this last mission because they need him. Deckard’s interaction
with the Androids is interesting his job simply is to retire them and the
way Deckard and the other characters refer to them and interact with them is
really different.

The idea of memories is looked at closely in this book.
This is demonstrated in the part where Rachel finds out that she is a
Android. She finds out in this moment that everything she has known was a
sham this gives a whole new meaning to her so called life and it also makes
all of as question reality. This section leaves the reader confused. There
is not nearly enough emphasis on this section in the book. This could be
demonstrated much better in film where more time could be spent on it. If it
was done in film the viewer would more easily be able to understand
Rachel’s feeling because we would be actually able to see her
reactions and we would be able to appreciate this as a key moment in the
whole story.

The concept of having Androids is something which has been
used in many films before most notably the Terminator parts 1 and 2.
Androids that look like humans always go well on screen they help to
generate the audiences imagination especially when faced the situation when
you cant tell who are Androids and who are humans this situation arises
quite a few times in the book. In the book the Androids are being hunted by
Rick Deckard often the reader ends up feeling sorry for the Androids as all
they want to do is lead a normal life on earth. The Androids in this book
are very advanced to the point where they can experience emotion. This leads
us to the moral question of if they can feel emotion why cant they be
considered to be alive. This the sort of question that you have to answer
your self it really is a matter of opinion. Questions like this work well on
the big screen because it makes it clearer than it does if you were reading
it. It is very easy to miss things like this in a book.

Do Androids
dream of electric sheep is the sort of novel which a film can very easily
accompany. This was demonstrated in the movie blade runner which was based
on this novel but did not follow the story line exactly. This book deals
with very deep moral issues which leaves asking questions about reality an
ourselves. It is the sort of science fiction book that will be better
understood on the big screen where people can see what is going on and take
more in.